I really don't care for the side couple, I have to super scroll any time they pop up

meanwhile i get super excited at the side couple, they’re so cute

Same, they're cute and all but their development is so bland and they're just boring as a couple. I don't understand why the author decided to suddenly go on with their story before the MAIN couple even got together, out of nowhere.

Totally agree

idk i really liked their development :/ it gives a good contrast to how complicated the main couple is, the side couple is like a breath of fresh air where they don’t really have any actual issue but have been unknowingly pining for eachother for years, idk i thought it was rly sweet to watch them become friends in the background of the angsty main couple and then slowly process that they like each other romantically, they’re so shy and flustered abt it, it’s too sweet

It's just that:
1) They shouldn't have been developed before the main couple got together.
2) They're a dime a dozen.
They don't need to be complicated, but Jungwook (I think that was his name? Kang Jungwook) is the typical extroverted guy who everyone likes and who dated a couple of girls because he didn't know how to say no, who always thought that was what love was supposed to feel because he was supposed to like girls, until he fell in love with his cutest gay best friend, who discovered he was gay because of his first love.
It's fine if you like them though, but I read BL for more than a decade now and I find their story too generic.

but i don’t think they’re Meant to be non-generic like sure it’s pretty cliche but they got like 25% of the screentime the main couple got (probably less in terms of their own development) - the main couple carry the story enough and have an extremely decent amount of screentime. but if we’re talking about generic BL storylines, i’d argue that the main couple can also be seen in quite a few stories (tall x short, black hair x brown hair, perfect student president x troubled delinquent), i think the most non-generic part of this manhwa is probably the psychological aspect in the villain and he has nothing to do w the romance. like idk i don’t get why you’d search for an extremely unique bl couple in a side couple of a typical highschool romance of all things not to mention, nothing wrong at all with some cliches - loads of romances have them regardless of if they’re BL or not :-)

also i think a side couple getting together before the main is actually even better, they have way less depth and hence less screentime - whereas the main couple still has quite a lengthy story left which ofc fits better. side couple is just there for the chemistry and vibes imo

Bud, I'm not looking for something extremely unique either, I just think they're boring. You think they're cute and neither of us is superior or inferior for having our own opinions. You won't convince me that they're interesting, and I won't convince you that they aren't.